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English to English translations [Non-PRO]
Bus/Financial - Business/Commerce (general) | | English term or phrase: I attended a speech... | Good day,
I would like to know which of the following is the correct expression:
1. I attended a speech by Procter & Gamble CEO.
2. I attended a speech given by Procter & Gamble CEO.
There is no special context around it. I attended that speech but do not know how to report it. A search through Google tells that expression 1 is more common than expression 2. However, grammatically speaking it seems that expression 2 is more correct. I suspect that the first is used in spoken English while the second is more formal and, therefore, used in written English. What is your choice? Thank you.
Best regards,
Luis R. Villegas H.
Mexico. |
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| | I attended a speech given by the CEO of Proctor and Gamble | Explanation:
Yes, you need "the" here. "Given" or equivalent is not strictly necessary but to omit it looks more like journalistic reporting (trying to cut out all words not strictly necessary) than the normal way of putting it.
I would say "the CEO of Proctor and Gamble" is better style than "the Proctor and Gamble CEO", but I am British and I am not sure my US colleagues would agree. |
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  Jack Doughty
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